French authorities clear 336 migrants from camp near Dunkirk
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities have cleared 336 migrants from a makeshift camp outside Dunkirk and assigned them to reception centers in the region of northern France.
The closure came just weeks after some 400 migrants were transferred to centers from a local gymnasium, where they were temporarily sheltered after another camp was shut.
The town of Grande-Synthe, the site of the two evacuations, is a way-station for some migrants, many of them Iraqi Kurds. Human smugglers have been known to operate there, offering passage across the English Channel to Britain.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Interior Minister Gerard Collomb is cracking down on migrant encampments around France.
On May 30, about 1,000 migrants were removed from a camp in Paris' far north. Nearly as many were removed from two other Paris camps five days later.